. The race of a voice actor doesn’t matter

. It is possible to wear yoga pants because there comfy

. You don’t need to shower everyday

. It is possible to crossdress/be gender non-conforming without being trans

. Monty Python is very overrated

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    12 hours ago

    The race of a voice actor doesn’t matter

    This is a one-way ticket to everyone being the dominant race behind the scenes because studios won’t hire other races.

    • Christian@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      How is that true in a way different from other industries? I do think there’s no necessity for the race of the VA to correspond with the race of the character. That might be because I don’t have a good grasp on the arguments otherwise though.

      The argument I’ve heard in favor of VAs matching their characters is to avoid laundering white perspectives to minority characters, which would make sense if the VA didn’t have their livelihood on the line when asked to read from a script written by a cishet white man. I feel like having a minority do that makes no difference other than providing a cover of legitimacy for the words said.

      But as a cishet white male myself, maybe I’m mischaracterizing the argument, I’d be curious. I have asked my (racial minority) wife at one point and she wasn’t sure.

      It’s a given that there are insensitivities in hirings, but I struggle to imagine a way in which that would be unique to voice acting specifically.